Democracy's Drink

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Rich Gallagher 27, Male
New York, NY
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Hometown:
Garden City, NY
Websites:
http://www.democracysdrink.com, www.beerguide.mobi
Social Networks:
LinkedIn, Facebook
Favorite Beers:
A see beer in a similar way to how a parent views their children, they are all special in their own way.
Very First Beer you remember having:
A Foster's Oil Can
Favorite Brewery:
Twin Lakes (Delaware)
Sixpoint Craft Ales
Favorite Beer Style:
Golden Ales
Favorite Bars:
New York - Chumley's, McSorley's, P.J. Clarke's
Gettysburg - Gingerbread Man
Favorite Beer Quote:
"Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza." Dave Barry
Favorite Beer and Food Pairing:
A dark lager and a Bacon Cheeseburger
If you could have a beer with anyone (dead or alive) it would be:
Jim Koch, Michael "the Beer Hunter" Jackson
About Me:
Seeing if I can help promote beer with the growing number of great advocates out there.

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500 (plus) strong

Democracy's Drink recently surpassed the 500 member mark, which is a nice milestone for this young site. A thanks is in order to all the wonderful members on the site who have contributed to the network's great evolution. We will continue to build this site in order to help beer enthusiasts discover craft beer and its advocates. As always, feel free to share whatever content about craft beer you'd like on our platform. Keep checking back - our blog will continue to highlight interesting happeni… Continue

Posted on November 11, 2008 at 7:30pm —

Rich Gallagher

More Democracy in this Drink

First, let us say, we could not be more thrilled with how Democracy's Drink has evolved. The members that have joined are truly some of the best beer personalities out there and we want thank you all for joining. We have been very fortunate with the expansion of this site. However, this is just the beginning of what Democracy's Drink is going to become. We are hopeful that this site will continue to grow into a greater destination for beer people to express themselves on the web. If any of you k… Continue

Posted on February 13, 2008 at 9:30pm — 1 Comment

Rich Gallagher

There Is a Beer for Everybody

Part I: Finding your Beer

Not long ago, I was at a party at a friend's place and happened to overhear an interesting statement: "To me, beer is only the bitter yellow stuff. All those other things that call themselves beer, like that (pointing to a Blue Moon), fall into some other category." The misinformed guest was claiming a wheat beer and many other great styles, do not qualify as beer. Informing misapprehensions such as that, directly relates to the goal…

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Posted on September 13, 2007 at 6:44am —

Rich Gallagher

Power to the Beer Drinkers

Beer, Blogging, and the Pursuit of Content

For my first blog entry, I thought it would be appropriate to give some background about this website. Ever since social networks started to pick up steam in 2005, I have had an interest in this trend. It is a great way for a community of people to build and share an incredible amount of content. After kicking around a few different takes on this phenomenon and …

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Posted on July 4, 2007 at 6:30am — 2 Comments

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At 7:13am on November 16, 2008, Paul Chatel said…
Rich, the locals tell me the only way to get it is to drive to where they brew it. You can only buy a case of it at a time. You might need a Flemish person with you also. The monks are very protective. My counterpart has promised that next time I am there he will take me. Good luck if you make a go of it. If your going to try to drive there (don't think you can take the train or cab) let me know if you need directions. I can email them to you. I have heard it is like mother's milk!
At 6:43am on October 13, 2008, Matt Peters said…
We've been having trouble accessing it ourselves... I'll let you know when we get it fixed...
At 7:02pm on October 10, 2008, Ruud said…
Thank Rich, right now i'm pretty excited about the Bok beers over here... been having quiet a few La Chouffe Bok 6666 beers, you gotta love autumn LOL. I'll try to make a picture next time in the bar.

cheers for now,

Ruud :)
At 6:35pm on September 29, 2008, Axel Cahiz said…
Thank you
I found my Nirvana
At 1:41pm on September 10, 2008, Terry Hancock said…
What's up cousin! Great to meet up for dinner and drinks the other night. Next time I am in town I will hit you up! The site is awesome and I invited all of my friends!
At 2:18pm on September 4, 2008, Eli the Mad Beer Man said…
Cheers to a fellow beer nut! ;)
At 5:19am on May 30, 2008, Matt Peters said…
Thanks for the support Rich! I love this site! Not only will this give my blog better visibility (hopefully), but I've been dying to find another social networking site. I gave up on MySpace a long time ago, and I'm starting to get real sick of Facebook and all the useless apps and other changes they've made over the last couple years. This is a great idea.
At 11:19pm on May 19, 2008, BeerSnob B said…
Great Job on the site man. We hope to become a active part in the sites one true goal.. Drinking good beer!
At 4:09am on February 13, 2008, Thomas Cizauskas said…
Rich,

I like how Alan McLeod addresses this at his A Good Beer Blog:
""Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." -- Benjamin Franklin...sorta".

Good job on this site!
At 7:09pm on December 30, 2007, Ali said…
Great job with the site! Apparently I have a lot to learn about beer. Maybe this will inspire me to broaden my horizons. I heard you all had a nice Christmas. Hope you're feeling better!
 
 

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